TING! TING! TING!
Grey was awakened by the sound of the FOB alarm, this meant things were about to get heated, military command was ready to order for general mobilisation.
Grey immediately started to wear his military combat uniform, he was feeling very energised as if he had taken drugs.
This was because the inner self meditation had a side effect of leaving him tired after the session, however every time he woke up he would be fully energised as if he did not sleep being very tired.
Grey had gotten more better at entering the state of meditation, thus he did not have to search for the feeling he felt during the time he was a ghost of Earth.
Grey went outside of his tent after finishing putting on his uniform, he could see all people packing up their belongings in the camp of Team 2.
Grey saw first lieutenant Qila Stein ordering some of his team mates to take down their tents, he too immediately went to work to pack his belongings.
"I just finished a meeting with the commanders, we are moving out!"
Qila had a glint in her eyes as she was explaining the reason for alarm as the people packed away their tents.
The woman's small stature did not make her less imposing as she seemed ready for the incoming battle.
"I want you all in front of the camp in five!"
Qila did waste any time, the slightly hot headed leader might come out as nonchalant sometimes, however Qila was very passionate about her work of killing the Ruhenese.
Especially after she had learnt what had had happened in position 2-003, her passion for wanting to kill them increased, unlike June who could not deal with her grief in a proper way, she found a way.
Grey did not waste any time as he finished packing his tent and packing some of his books which would be returned to storage.
The books had been released by Grey when he learned that they would be staying in this place for a few months after the [Battle Of The Black Tomb].
"Mam, Grey Gram reporting!"
Grey saluted towards Qila, in a very standard salute with any errors.
Grey also found some other team mates already in front of Qila, he had taken more time due to the bag with him that was filled with some of his research.
The most important stuff he either destroyed or kept on his person, even if his bags are booby trapped to destroy their contents if opened not by him.
Grey would feel a lot more sure, if his most important research stayed with him on his person or his brain.
Grey did not know if the military had a way to disable the booby traps on his bags and are able to open it and check his research.
The whole team arrived on time, however June arrived with only a few seconds of spare.
This prompted the short team leader to glare at her with her black eyes, but did not say anything because she had arrived on time.
'June are you still trying to get yourself killed even if Percival sacrificed his life for you?'
Qila thought to herself as she looked at June.
"We will be going to an assembly, the commander wants to say a few words, immediately afterwards we will be moving out."
Qila took a pause to capture her breath.
"You can expect a lot of fighting as the Ruhenese will try everything to slow down our approach as we get closer to the crystal lode's position."
Qila looked towards her team which can be considered an elite team, three tier 2 mages and seven tier 1 mages of the best caliber.
"Any questions?"
A hand was raised, the one who raised the hand was the other tier 2 mage of the team.
"Yes 2nd Lt Ward, what is it?"
Qila turned towards a man with a height of 1.81 metres, the man was slightly chubby, but could not be considered fat.
The man had black hair and hazel coloured eyes, he seemed like the amicable type.
"Mam, what can we expect in terms of support?"
"Even though I said that we will be moving out immediately, we will not be the vanguard, we will proceed behind the vanguard. The vanguard will be another unit, we will instead be supporting them."
2nd Lt John Ward nodded his head in understanding, he very much liked the idea of not being vanguard, Qila knew what he was thinking but she did not blame him.
Qila observed the team waiting for any other questions, and a hand did pop up.
"Yes recruit Louis, what is it?"
Qila turned towards Ilse.
"Can you tell us more about the unit who will be vanguard?"
Qila thought for a second.
"I cannot tell you the name of the unit, but I can tell you that it is a Trump Card unit."
Qila said with some slight yearning in her face, but that look did not stay in her face for much longer as she schooled her expression back to a solemn and serious one.
'So the rumours about a trump card unit in the camp were true. I guess it makes sense for the Kingdom to get serious after the humiliating defeat in position 2-003.'
Grey thought to himself as he looked towards the centre of the camp.
'I guess Captain Hans Ignocia is no longer in command, that would make sense because the commanders of trump card units in the Arin Kingdom are required to be tier 4 mages.'
Qila observed her team some more, however there were no more questions.
"Move out!"
The team immediately moved in a run as they went towards the assembly, they joined other teams, as they moved closer to the assembly.
Grey stopped at depot as he dropped his bag, he was not the only one as many people were doing the same.
"Welcome back recruit Gram."
Qila welcomed Grey back as he joined them at the assembly point, the members of the team stood in a que one behind another with Qila in front, June came next then 2nd Lt Ward came after her.
The rest of the tier 1 mages all stood behind Grey.
It did not take long for Captain Hadley April to come and stand in front of team 1 and team 2, next to her was her second in command, 1st Lt Narah Bell.
There were other teams under her as some Captains had died during the progression of the war, but she chose to stand in front of them, as they had followed her since the start of the war.
The Captain smiled towards Qila and the male former team leader of team 14, who was the leader of team 1.
Hadley only smiled for a fraction of second before focusing on the front of the assembly.
The assembly included both the Mage Army and the regular army, thus it was packed with people.
It did not take long for the former Commander of the FOB, Captain Hans Ignocia to come to the front, however he did not address the soldiers who were waiting.
It long took a few seconds until a man with a big body build to came to the stage, the man had red hair with a red beard which made him look like a middle aged man.
The man did not fear as he blasted his aura as a tier 4 mage towards the people in the assembly, this sure got the attention of the people.
"My name is Major Pierce O'Connell, I will be leading this full attack force under the authority of Lieutenant Colonel Alexandria Wells."
The man started his speech with a strong voice that seemed to reach every person.
'Lt Col Alexandria Wells? It seemed she was promoted so she could properly lead other tier 4 mages.'
Grey internally commented as he felt the depth of the mana of a tier 4 mage in its glory.
"I am also the commander of the [Inferno Storm Legion]."
The man took a pause for the people to take in his words.
'That is the trump card they had deployed on our side?'
Grey took more time to observe the red bearded man with a critical eye.
'This man must be very strong to get the honour of being a trump card legion commander. I have to be careful of a person with such power.'
Grey decided to be very careful around such people who very strong.
It was not only Grey who looked at the man with a more serious eye.
"You might be wondering where my Legion is, in order to maintain secrecy the Legion stayed hidden whilst being in the camp. And now they have already deployed and will be acting as vanguard."
The man started to release his aura.
"We will show those Ruhenese that Arin is not soft!"
The man's aura was started to rage.
"I want only one thing from you."
The man said calmly with a cold look in his eyes as he pointed towards the soldiers
"I WANT BLOOD! BLOOD OF THE RUHENESE! THEIR BLOOD MUST COLOUR THIS MOUNTAIN RANGE RED! CAN YOU GIVE ME THAT?!"
"""YES!!"""
"""BLOOD! BLOOD! BLOOD!"""
The soldiers had started to cheer as the man had a smile on his face.
"MOVE OUT!"